Boys Vs. Girls

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Boys Vs. Girls

• How boys and girls learn differently

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Overview

• Brain differences
• Effects of Hormones
• Learning Strategies
• Statistics
• Conclusion

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The Female Brain

• Matures earlier
• Speak in sentences earlier
• Brocas area frontal lobe are more active
• Improved verbal communication
• Cerebrum is always active
• Greater ability to multi-task
• Copus callosum is larger
• Coordinate the two sides of their brain better
• Better at listening and communicating

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The Male Brain

• Amygdale is larger
• More aggressive behavior
• Cerebral cortex is thicker on right side
• Better at solving abstract problems
• More developed right hemisphere
• Better at measuring and using models
• Better at problem solving and building projects

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Female Hormones

• Progesterone Estrogen
• Make females bond more easily
• Fluctuation creates moodiness

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Male Hormone

• Testosterone
• Aggressive
• Socially ambitious
• Muscular

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Learning Strategies for Girls

• Visual learners
• Use pictures and charts
• Verbal learners
• Enjoy talking and discussing topics
• Less likely to take risks
• Need to be encouraged

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Learning Strategies for Boys

• Kinesthetic learners
• Like to be active while learning
• Like numbers and symbols
• Like to decipher codes, solve pattern games and
  use formulas to solve problems

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Statistics

• Boys earn 70 of the Ds and Fs
• Boys account for 2/3 of the learning disability
  diagnoses
• Boys represent 90 of the discipline referrals
• 80 of high school dropouts are male
• Males make up fewer than 40 of the college
  students
• (Gurian, 2001)

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Observations of female students

• Girls like background information
• Girls like story problems
• Girls are more concerned with pleasing adults.
• Girls have more concern for their grade

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Observations of Boys

• Boys get bored easily
• Boys like to solve equations instead of reading
  story problems
• Confrontation works well with boys
• Boys respond well to noisy classrooms

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Conclusion

• Boys and Girls learn differently
• Educators need to be aware of these differences
• Create classrooms that are conducive to all
  learners
• Consider single sex classrooms at the junior high
  level

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